Nederlands: Lenteklokje
Español: Campanilla de primavera - Alhelí blanco de Teofrasto - Campanilla de Eguiluz
Français: Nivéole du printemps
Deutsch: Frühlings-Knotenblume - Märzenbecher - Märzbecher - Märzglöckchen - Großes Schneeglöckchen
Family: Amaryllidaea - Daffodil family
Flowering time: February - April
Height: 10-30cm
Altitude: to 1600m
Colour: white, with a green or yellow spot
Leaves: bright green, two or three, strap-shaped
Habitat: damp woods, hedgerows, meadow edges, streambanks
Distribution: native to mountainous areas of central and southern Europe
Notes: Flowers of the Spring Snowflake are solitary or paired, nodding, 15-25mm long, anthers orange. It starts flowering a few weeks later than Common Snowdrop. Spring Snowflake is widely cultivated and considered naturalized in a number of countries like Ireland, Great Britain and Denmark. Some people believe that it is native to the north-eastern part of the Netherlands (Oldenzaal, Twente). In Belgium it is native to the Meuse region and the southern Ardennes and in this country Leucojum vernum is on the Red List of vascular plants.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Botanische tuin Kralingen, Heemtuin Kralingse Bos, Landgoed Elswout Overveen, Sickengabos Wolvega, Maarteblomke, stinzenplant, stinzenflora, Stinsenplanze, plantes castrales, Vlaamse Rode Lijst
